The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
SMOKE SHACK BBQ has finished one call ahead of Southern Food & Barbeque 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Southern Food & Barbeque
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1458
peak 1458 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-11-22
latest 2015-11-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 100%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
249.62
last 3 Master vs avg 249.62 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±122.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 149.71 · weakest Pork (108.11)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
249.62 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Florida Boys ahead in 100% of their meetings
Florida Boys has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Southern Food & Barbeque has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 120 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#5179 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5193 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
Level with Southern Food & Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5201 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5180 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5170 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2856 | 109.0972 | 129.69 | top 95% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123.5316 | 123.5316 | 123.53 | top 100% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127.4172 | 88.8000 | 108.11 | top 100% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.7144 | 149.7144 | 149.71 | top 78% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 100% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant City Pig Jam | 2 | 39 | 0 | top 100% | 2014-11-21 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-11-22 → 2015-11-20
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 149.71 · weakest Pork (108.11)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
249.62
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
0–138 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1458
peak 1458 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- Peak power rating (1486) Plant City Pig Jam
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Chicken)150.2856 Plant City Pig Jam
- 2015
- Career-best overall score386.2288 Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2014-11-21 |
| -14.2 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2013-11-22 |
| -13.5 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest | 2015-11-20 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 53.6% | 53.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 12.3% | 12.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-20 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL | 49 / 49 (386.2288) | 49 (109.0972) | — | 49 (127.4172) | 38 (149.7144) |
| 2014-11-21 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 39 / 39 (273.8172) | 35 (150.2856) | 39 (123.5316) | — | — |
| 2013-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 53 / 53 (88.8000) | — | — | 53 (88.8000) | — |